Broke at 23, a Millionaire at 33 feat Faye Mac
In this episode, Amy is joined by global business mentor and multi-seven-figure entrepreneur Faye Mac, to talk about the gap between the story everyone wants to hear and the unglamorous engine that actually built it.
Faye's rise is the stuff of legend: broke at 23 with bailiffs at the door, she covered her mum's cleaning shift one week, had about £20 left to her name, bought a second-hand Henry Hoover off Facebook Marketplace and set up a page. Within two years she'd turned that into a million pounds, went on to become one of the first female biohazard specialists in the country, scaled a team of over 150, and now mentors thousands of business owners worldwide. But the part that actually made her success repeatable rather than lucky is the bit most people skip, the follow-up, the data, and knowing exactly where the money is leaking out of the business.
Faye shares:
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How she built a million-pound business from £20 and a second-hand hoover, and the one thing that made it repeatable rather than a fluke
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Why hunger beats capital every single time, and the £80 startup she helped that's now projected to make £860,000
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The data most business owners never look at, and why you can't fix or celebrate what you refuse to track
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The follow-up rule that plugs the biggest money leak in almost every business (here's a clue, it's seven times, not once)
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How she led with personal branding in an industry that had never seen it, and why putting her face to the work changed everything
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The early signs of burnout she missed the first time, and how she teaches her clients to catch them now
If you're brilliant at what you do but your income doesn't reflect the effort, and you've honestly never sat down and looked at your numbers, this is the episode for you.
Connect with Faye Mac:
Facebook: Faye Mac McCann
Instagram: @âfayemacmentor
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/faye-mac-87a00a361
Website: Faye Mac | Business Coaching
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